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Advanced Level/Advanced Subsidiary Unit Test 1

Friday 12 January 2001 Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

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1. (a) Consider the following shapes

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Indicate by a letter (A, B, C or D) the shape of the following ions or molecules:

(ii) NH3

(iii) CO2

(iv) CO~- .

(4) (b) Write a balanced equation for each of the following reactions. You should omit state symbols.

(i) The reaction of potassium metal with water.

(ii) The reaction of calcium metal with oxygen.

(iii) The reaction of magnesium oxide with nitric acid .

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2. (a) Identify each of the following.

(i) The Group 1 element which forms a compound of formula M02.

(ii) A nitrate which, when heated strongly, produces oxygen as the only gas.

(1) (iii) One of the products of the reaction of solid potassium iodide with concentrated sulphuric acid.

(1) (iv) The steamy fumes produced when solid sodium chloride is heated with concentrated sulphuric acid.

(1) (b) Deduce the formula of the gaseous Group 7 element if 9.5 g of it occupy 6 dm ' at room temperature and pressure. Show your working.

(1 mole of a gas at room temperature and pressure occupies a volume of 24 dm ')

(Total 7 marks)

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Element Chlorine Bromine Iodine
State at room solid
temperature
Colour grey
What would be
seen on adding
to an aqueous
solution of
potassium
iodide
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(b) Solid iodine has a simple covalent molecular structure. (i) Define the term covalent bond.

(2) (ii) Explain how the covalent structure of iodine leads to it having a low melting temperature (114°C).

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(c) The diagram below shows a plot of boiling temperature against relative molecular mass for four hydrogen halides, HF, Hel, HBr, and HI.

350
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Relative molecular mass

(i) Explain the increase in the boiling temperature from hydrogen chloride, Hel, to hydrogen iodide, HI.

(2) (ii) Explain why the boiling temperature of hydrogen fluoride, HF, is higher than the boiling temperature of hydrogen chloride, HeI.

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4. (a) (i) Write the equation for the reaction of magnesium metal with chlorine, showing state symbols.

(2) (ii) The product of this reaction is ionic. Use this information to explain why it has a relatively high melting temperature (714°C).

(b) Why is magnesium iodide more covalent than magnesium chloride?

(c) Describe the bonding in magnesium metal.

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5. (a) Define the term oxidation number.

(b) The equation below shows the disproportionation of chlorine.

Ch(g) + H20(I) ----+ HCIO(aq) + HCI(aq)

(i) Underneath the chlorine-containing species write the oxidation number of chlorine in each case.

(ii) Use these oxidation numbers to explain the term disproportionation.

(2) (c) Explain why hydrogen chloride forms an acidic solution when dissolved in water.

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(d) Outline how aqueous silver nitrate followed by aqueous ammonia may be used in the identification of chloride, bromide and iodide ions in aqueous solution.

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6. (a) Iron has several isotopes. One of them has the electronic configuration [Ar]3d64s2, an atomic number of 26 and a mass number of 56.

(i) Which of these pieces of information would be the most use in helping a chemist decide on the likely chemical reactions of iron?

(1) (ii) State how many of each of the following particles is found in an atom of 56Pe.

Protons .

electrons .

neutrons .

(iii) What are isotopes?

(2) (b) The relative atomic mass of a sample of iron may be found by using a mass spectrometer to determine the isotopic composition.

(i) The diagram below represents a low-resolution mass spectrometer in which four areas have been identified. State what happens in each of these areas.

Sample

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Area A .

Area B .

Area C .

Area D .

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(ii) In such a determination the following isotopic composition was found.

Isotope Percentage composition
54Pe 5.8
56Pe 91.6
57Pe 2.2
58Pe 0.33 Calculate the relative atomic mass of this sample of iron, giving your answer to two decimal places.

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7. (a) The first ionization energy of chlorine is +1260 kJ mol"! and the first electron affinity of chlorine is - 364 kJ mol-I.

(i) Define the term first ionization energy .

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(3) (ii) State and explain the general trend in the values of the first ionization energy for the elements across the period sodium to argon in the Periodic Table .

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(3) (iii) Write an equation to show the change occurring when the first electron affinity of chlorine is measured .

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(b) 0.50moles of chlorine gas were passed into an aqueous solution contammg 0.66 moles of EACH of sodium bromide and sodium iodide. Assuming that all of the chlorine reacted, calculate:

(i) the number of moles of iodine produced;

(ii) the number of moles of bromine produced.

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1 H Molar mass g mol" He
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Li Be Atomic number B C N 0 F Ne
Lithium Berylium Boron Carbon Nitrogen Oxygen Fluorine Neon
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
23 24 27 28 31 32 35.5 40
Na Mg Al Si P S Cl Ar
Sodium Magnesium Aluminium Silicon Phosphorus Sulphur Chlorine Argon
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
39 40 45 48 51 52 55 56 59 59 63.5 65.4 70 73 75 79 80 84
K Ca Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr
Potassium Calcium Scandium Titanium Vanadium Chromium Manganese Iron Cobalt Nickel Copper Zinc Gallium Germanium Arsenic Selenium Bromine Krypton
19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
85 88 89 91 93 96 99 101 103 106 108 112 115 119 122 128 127 131
Rb Sr y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe
Rubidium Strontium Yttrium Zirconium Niobium Molybdenum Technetium Ruthenium Rhodium Palladium Silver Cadmium Indium Tin Antimony Tellurium Iodine Xenon
37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54
133 137 139 178 181 184 186 190 192 195 197 201 204 207 209 210 210 222
Cs Ba La Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg TI Pb Bi Po At Rn
Caesium Barium Lanthanum Hafnium Tantalum Tungsten Rhenium Osmium Iridium Platinum Gold Mercury Thallium Lead Bismuth Polonium Astatine Radon
55 56 57 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
223 226 227
Fr Ra Ac
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140 141 144 (147) 150 152 157 159 163 165 167 169 173 175
Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu
Cerium Ptaseodymiurr Neodymium Promethium Samarium Europium Gadolinium Terbium Dysprosium Holmium Erbium Thulium Ytterbium Lutetium
58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 232 (231) 238 (237) (242) (243) (247) (245) (251) (254) (253) (256) (254) (257)
Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr
Thorium Protactinium Uranium Neptunium Plutonium Americium Curium Berkelium Californium Einsteinium Fermium Mendelevium Nobelium Lawrencium
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103